Many Twitterers were shocked this morning to learn that NSA surveillance leaker Edward Snowden had been killed by a drone in Hong Kong. The news was reported by the intrepid @ggreenwild:
https://twitter.com/ggreenwild/status/344833523967995905
https://twitter.com/ggreenwild/status/344835249160740864
https://twitter.com/ggreenwild/status/344835343419314176
Say what?
Holy WHAT? RT @ggreenwild: Edward Snowden was just killed by an American Drone at a hotel in Hong Kong: http://t.co/Bg39GNghy1
— Maya Prohovnik (@mayafish) June 12, 2013
@FGoria @ggreenwild uhm, killed by a drone attack to JW Marriott.. kind of dodgy!
— domenico conti (@777mingus) June 12, 2013
https://twitter.com/psc96180_pablo/status/344843248608628736
This is kind of terrifying. RT @dkurtenbach RT @ggreenwild: CONFIRMED: Edward Snowden is dead.
— Brendan Bures (@BrenBures) June 12, 2013
Most terrifying of all? That so many people mistook @ggreenwild for Glenn Greenwald.
Waaaat!!! #NSAGoons “@AntDeRosa “@ggreenwild CONFIRMED: Edward Snowden is dead.””
— Mali Henry © (@malihenry) June 12, 2013
Uh, CONFIRMED: People need to study their vowels a little harder. It’s really important to be able to distinguish between an “i” and an “a.” And they might want to brush up on their consonants as well, while they’re at it. There’s a difference between one “n” and two:
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Sheesh.
https://twitter.com/ggreenwild/status/344860720485240833
The real Glenn Greenwald tweeted this out yesterday:
https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/344628502596829184
Wonder what Greenwald thinks about having a Twitter imitator of his own.
Contrary to some Twitter activity, Edward Snowden is not dead. At least not that we know of. Some dude @ggreenwild is trolling bad info.
— Michelle Jones (@Michelle_RJones) June 12, 2013
What we have here, ladies and gentlemen, is a fake “real journalist.”
yep it stinks RT @Pete_Spence: .@ggreenwild is a fake account. Ed Snowden's (probably not) dead.
— Ishaq Siddiqi (@IshaqSiddiqi) June 12, 2013
RT @jtes: .@ggreenwild is not real @ggreenwild is not real @ggreenwild is not real
— Joe Brooks (@joebrooks) June 12, 2013
No he isn’t. But a lot of people figured that since he’s around, they might as well have fun with him:
https://twitter.com/MattZeitlin/status/344843706756644864
Glenns Gone Wild
— Stefan Becket (@becket) June 12, 2013
https://twitter.com/jonathanwald/status/344846043734749184
I think @ggreenwild is a reporter on #weirdtwitter
— aj || Queer Wrath Month ?️? (@alexjon) June 12, 2013
https://twitter.com/daweiner/status/344844388863705088
This Greenwild guy must have an inside source.
— Frank (@panndder) June 12, 2013
https://twitter.com/tylermachado/status/344845488408915968
https://twitter.com/markham/status/344845252709978112
https://twitter.com/AlexJamesFitz/status/344844640299671553
Talking Points Memo’s Hunter Walker really went to town:
http://twitter.com/hunterw/statuses/344843901015818241
https://twitter.com/hunterw/status/344844098487873537
https://twitter.com/hunterw/status/344844293921464320
https://twitter.com/hunterw/status/344846867596722178
https://twitter.com/hunterw/status/344847577918889985
https://twitter.com/hunterw/status/344851762424979456
Snort.
Since we’re on to this Greenwild guy now — we hope — here’s a tip for the next person who wants to spoof Mr. Greenwald:
https://twitter.com/GrahamDavidA/statuses/344849302125957120
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